The English patient [sound recording] / Michael Ondaatje.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415939567
- ISBN: 9781415939567
- ISBN: 141593956X
- ISBN: 9781415939567 :
- ISBN: 141593956X :
- Physical Description: 7 sound discs (ca. 73 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Library ed.
- Publisher: Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, p2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. Compact discs. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Christopher Cazenove. |
Summary, etc.: | In an Italian villa at the end of World War II, a mysterious English patient lies nameless and burned in an upstairs room. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction. Italy > Fiction. |
Genre: | Audiobooks. Historical fiction. War stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ridgefield Library | FIC ONDAATJE (Text) | 34010112671895 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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Author Notes
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on September 12, 1943. He moved to Canada in 1962 and became a Canadian citizen. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a M.A. from Queen's University, Kingston, and taught English at York University. He has written several volumes of poetry, novels, and other works including There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do, The Dainty Monsters, Rat Jelly, Coming through Slaughter, Running in the Family, In the Skin of a Lion, Anil's Ghost, and The Cat's Table. His title, Warlight, made the bestseller list in 2018. Ondaatje has won numerous awards including the Canadian Governor General's Award in 1971 for The Collected Works of Billy the Kid and the Booker Prize in Fiction for The English Patient, which was adapted into a film in 1996. (Bowker Author Biography)